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Finding Common Ground In Street Photography – Photographs by Joep Hijwegen, Julie Hrudová, Bart Koetsier and Rolf van Rooij | Essay by Erik Vroons | LensCulture

Finding Common Ground In Street Photography – Photographs by Joep Hijwegen, Julie Hrudová, Bart Koetsier and Rolf van Rooij | Essay by Erik Vroons | LensCulture
What makes a great ‘street’ photograph? Erik Vroons explores the infinite possibilities of the genre while reflecting on the diverse work of five Dutch photographers
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/erik-vroons-finding-common-ground-in-street-photography
What makes a great ‘street’ photograph? Erik Vroons explores the infinite possibilities of the genre while reflecting on the diverse work of five Dutch photographers.

June 9, 2023

Photography
CENTER Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship: Matilde Simas – Woman Rising, Surviving Human Trafficking – LENSCRATCH

CENTER Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship: Matilde Simas – Woman Rising, Surviving Human Trafficking – LENSCRATCH
Congratulations to Matilde Simas for being selected for Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship Award recognizing her project, Woman Rising: Surviving Human Trafficking. CENTER is pleased to add the Blue Earth Fiscal Sponsorship to their services for photographers and filmmakers. CENTER sponsors documentary projects that educate the public about critical environmental and social issues and is primarily interested in work
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/06/center-blue-earth-fiscal-sponsorship-matilde-simas-woman-rising-surviving-human-trafficking/
At the core of this work resides the belief that visual storytelling has the power to change the world. Woman Rising: Surviving Human Trafficking is a multimedia and civic engagement project that strives to educate communities on the atrocity of human trafficking and encourage them to support survivors as they heal and rebuild their lives.

June 7, 2023

Portfolios & Galleries

Matilde Simas
The Afro-Esotericism of Awol Erizku | The New Yorker

The Afro-Esotericism of Awol Erizku
The prolific artist knows that contemporary Blackness, made and unmade on the stage of capitalism, is as much defined by its spiritual reckonings as it is by the elemental stuff.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-afro-esotericism-of-awol-erizku
The prolific artist knows that contemporary Blackness, made and unmade on the stage of capitalism, is as much defined by its spiritual reckonings as it is by the elemental stuff.

June 7, 2023

Portfolios & Galleries

Awol Erizku
CENTER Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award – Harvey Castro – Los Olvidados – LENSCRATCH

CENTER Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award – Harvey Castro – Los Olvidados – LENSCRATCH
Congratulations to Harvey Castro for being selected for CENTER’s Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award recognizing his project, Los Olvidados. The Excellence in Multimedia Storytelling Award recognizes outstanding storytellers using lens-based media to create narrative-driven projects. The award is open, but not limited to, photography, video, new media, photojournalism, installation, and web-based works. Projects that inspire
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/06/center-excellence-in-multimedia-storytelling-award-harvey-castro-los-olvidados/
These stories are a powerful reminder of marginalized communities’ ongoing struggle in the wake of natural disasters. Their plight highlights how a lack of equity and representation leaves them without effective agency, struggling to survive and rebuild. It is essential to remember that natural disasters have a lasting impact, and we must provide support to ensure that communities can recover and thrive. By highlighting these stories, I hope to bring attention to the need for action and change in the face of climate-related disasters. – Harvey Castro

June 4, 2023

Portfolios & Galleries

Harvey Castro
Life Along Israel’s Separation Wall | The New Yorker

Life Along Israel’s Separation Wall
The photographer Ofir Berman captures two entangled realities.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/life-along-israels-separation-wall
Israelis are forbidden from crossing the wall to Palestinian city centers, yet the Israeli photographer Ofir Berman has managed to find a way to her subjects, through Palestinian friends she met while working in a refugee camp in the Greek island of Leros. Once she got to know the stories of the people living in the West Bank, she says, “I wasn’t able to look back.” Berman has spent the past year frequenting both sides of the wall, documenting daily life in one of the most contested stretches of land in the world. Her lens captures the rhythms of men, women, and children who happen to be Israeli or Palestinian, of routines that appear strikingly similar for occupier and occupied

June 2, 2023

Portfolios & Galleries

Ofir Berman
CENTER Me&Eve Grant: Mykle Parker – Rage 4 Rights – LENSCRATCH

CENTER Me&Eve Grant: Mykle Parker – Rage 4 Rights – LENSCRATCH
Congratulations to Mykle Parker for being selected for CENTER’s Me&Eve Grant recognizing their project, Rage 4 Rights. The Me&Eve Grant provides financial support to a woman, female-identified, non-binary, transgender, gender non-conforming, or two-spirited photographer, 40 years of age and over. This grant is made possible by Review Santa Fe alumna, Dorie Hagler, whose project Me&Eve
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/05/center-meeve-grant-mykle-parker-rage-4-rights/
Rage 4 Rights is an ongoing series documenting the controversial group Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights, and its dedication to the fight for equality and access to free/safe legal abortions available to all women in the United States through daring, nonviolent, disruptive protest that illuminate that rage women are feeling after Roe vs Wade was overturned.

May 31, 2023

Portfolios & Galleries

Mykle Parker
The New Leica Q3: 60MP Photos, 8K Video, and Much-Improved Autofocus | PetaPixel

The New Leica Q3: 60MP Photos, 8K Video, and Much-Improved Autofocus
Significant upgrades for the Q series.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/05/25/the-new-leica-q3-60mp-photos-8k-video-and-much-improved-autofocus/
Leica has announced the Q3, the third-generation of the Q series cameras that pairs a fixed-lens Summilux 28mm f/1.7 ASPH with a 60-megapixel backside illuminated (BSI) sensor equipped with phase detect autofocus.

May 25, 2023

Leica
In Visible Light – Street Photography Awards 2021 Winner | LensCulture

In Visible Light – Street Photography Awards 2021 Winner | LensCulture
In these award-winning photographs by Sam Ferris, intense golden sunlight bounces off the steel-and-glass urban canyon walls of Sydney’s Central Business District — illuminating passersby and setting the stage for countless fleeting encounters on the city streets
via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/sam-ferris-in-visible-light
In these award-winning photographs by Sam Ferris, intense golden sunlight bounces off the steel-and-glass urban canyon walls of Sydney’s Central Business District — illuminating passersby and setting the stage for countless fleeting encounters on the city streets.

May 25, 2023

Portfolios & Galleries

Sam Ferris
Sin City: Las Vegas Photography, Through the Decades

Sin City: Las Vegas Photography, Through the Decades
From Harry Gruyaert’s photos from the 1980s to Christian Lutz’s documentation of the City of Lights, explore Las Vegas photography over time.
via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2023/05/sin-city-las-vegas-photography-through-the-decades/
Geoffrey Ellis captures the spirit of Las Vegas in the 1970s and 80s, while Markus Altmann photographs the city in the 1990s. Meanwhile, Stephanie Diani introduces us to the legends of burlesque, while Stefanie Moshammer shows us why Vegas is known as the “strip club capital of the world.” In this collection of Las Vegas photography, six photographers document Sin City, then and now.

May 25, 2023

Portfolios & Galleries
Rachel Demy: between, everywhere – LENSCRATCH

Rachel Demy: between, everywhere – LENSCRATCH
To be a tour manager and a photographer is to be attuned to the slightest of details. The exact time every band member needs to be on stage for sound check; ensuring that every piece of gear is on the tour bus at the end of the night. The exact slant of light; what’s included
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/05/rachel-demy-between-everywhere/
Between, Everywhere is the culmination of my experience as a photographer, professional tour manager, and Death Cab for Cutie family member. This book is about a band, but more specifically, a band on tour. Tour is something I know a lot about.

May 24, 2023

Portfolios & Galleries

Rachel Demy
On Finances and Accessibility: Drew Leventhal and Alayna Pernell in Conversation – LENSCRATCH

On Finances and Accessibility: Drew Leventhal and Alayna Pernell in Conversation – LENSCRATCH
This conversation with the fabulous Alayna N. Pernell felt like a breath of fresh air. Discussions around money and finances and costs can feel awkward and taboo. We have been taught that it is impolite to compare pay or talk about where somebody gets their money. These are conversations that can feel dark and dirty.
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/05/drew-leventhal-and-alayna-pernell/
This conversation with the fabulous Alayna N. Pernell felt like a breath of fresh air. Discussions around money and finances and costs can feel awkward and taboo. We have been taught that it is impolite to compare pay or talk about where somebody gets their money. These are conversations that can feel dark and dirty.

May 23, 2023

Photography

Alayna Pernell, Drew Leventhal
Jacqueline Bates – On Photo Direction – The Messy Truth – Conversations on Photography | Acast

Jacqueline Bates – On Photo Direction | The Messy Truth – Conversations on Photography
Link: https://shows.acast.com/themessytruth/episodes/jacqueline-bates-on-photo-direction
Throughout her career, Photo Director Jacqueline Bates has harnessed the power of photography to give visual journalism new dimension. During our conversation, we talk about her new role at the New York Times Opinion section in which she’s publishing up to 90 stories a week. We discuss the blurring of art and editorial, how she works with emerging talent and we visit some of her most fascinating commissions. As you will hear throughout the episode, Jackie is deeply committed to her responsibility as a photo director, always in service of the story, while taking creative risks and expanding the notion of who can work editorially in meaningful ways.

May 22, 2023

Audio & Podcasts

Jacqueline Bates
Ed Templeton’s Unsparing Photographic Diary of Skateboarding Life | The New Yorker

Ed Templeton’s Unsparing Photographic Diary of Skateboarding Life
Templeton’s images, taken between 1995 and 2012, capture the intimacy and aimlessness of being on tour.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/ed-templetons-unsparing-photographic-diary-of-skateboarding-life
Templeton’s book is unsparing but nonjudgmental. The damage accumulates slowly, as what seems at first like youthful fun grows more uneasy. Young female fans lift up their shirts to get their torsos autographed; a skater chops lines of cocaine; just about everyone bleeds, especially Templeton, who says he has suffered six serious concussions over the years, not all of which he remembers. (In this world, helmets are not merely optional—they are effectively banned.)

May 22, 2023

Books

Ed Templeton
Supreme Court Rules Andy Warhol’s Prince Art is Copyright Infringement | PetaPixel

Supreme Court Rules Andy Warhol’s Prince Art is Copyright Infringement
Photographers Win!
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/05/18/supreme-court-rules-andy-warhols-prince-art-is-copyright-infringement/
The United States Supreme Court has released its opinion on The Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith case, finding in favor of Lynn Goldsmith and stating that Warhol’s use of her photo was not fair use.

May 18, 2023

Copyright

Lynn Goldsmith
Arko Datto | Kings of a Bereft Land

Arko Datto: Kings of a Bereft Land
Arko Datto speaks with curator Willemijn van der Zwaan about Kings of a Bereft Land currently on display at Photomuseum The Hague, the Netherlands.
via 1000 Words: https://www.1000wordsmag.com/arko-datto/
Arko Datto speaks with Willemijn van der Zwaan about Kings of a Bereft Land currently on display at Photomuseum The Hague, the Netherlands. They discuss the challenges of portraying the psychological effects of the ongoing planetary crisis, creating hyper-structures for multiple projects and the fundamental role of the artist in altering perception and shifting viewpoints by proposing new ways of seeing.

May 16, 2023

Interviews

Arko Datto, Willemijn van der Zwaan
Photographers Score Early Victories in Copyright Lawsuits Against Artist Richard Prince | PetaPixel

Photographers Score Early Victories in Copyright Lawsuits Against Artist Richard Prince
Prince was selling the works for up to $100,000 each.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/05/16/photographers-score-early-victories-in-copyright-lawsuits-against-artist-richard-prince/
Courthouse News reports that on May 12, a Manhattan judge refused to toss out Graham’s and McNatt’s lawsuits against Prince.

May 16, 2023

Copyright

Donald Graham, Eric McNatt
Photojournalist Controversially Turns to AI to Illustrate ‘Inaccessible’ Stories | PetaPixel

Photojournalist Controversially Turns to AI to Illustrate ‘Inaccessible’ Stories
His Instagram account has been flooded with angry comments.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/05/15/photojournalist-controversially-turns-to-ai-to-illustrate-inaccessible-stories/
Michael Christopher Brown used the artificial intelligence (AI) image generator Midjourney to produce a series of images that explores historical Cuban events and the realities of Cubans attempting to cross the 90 miles of ocean that separate Havana from Florida.

May 16, 2023

Ethics

Michael Christopher Brown
The 2023 MOTHER Exhibition – LENSCRATCH

The 2023 MOTHER Exhibition – LENSCRATCH
What a complete pleasure to spend time with your hundreds of submissions and see all the considerations of MOTHER. Thank you for joining in this 5 part exhibition, so keep scrolling. For those who celebrate, Happy Mother’s Day, and for those who don’t, thank you for celebrating Mother nature and mothering in the animal world.
via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2023/05/the-2023-mother-exhibition-part-3/
What a complete pleasure to spend time with your hundreds of submissions and see all the considerations of MOTHER. Thank you for joining in this 5 part exhibition, so keep scrolling. For those who celebrate, Happy Mother’s Day, and for those who don’t, thank you for celebrating Mother nature and mothering in the animal world. No matter, enjoy the exhibition!

May 14, 2023

Portfolios & Galleries
Associated Press photographer Elise Amendola, who documented decades of sports and news, dies at 70 | AP News

Associated Press photographer Elise Amendola, who documented decades of sports and news, dies at 70
Renowned Associated Press photojournalist Elise Amendola — a determined, joyous and patient journalist who masterfully photographed pivotal global news and sporting events spanning decades — has died.
via AP NEWS: https://apnews.com/article/associated-press-photojournalist-elise-amendola-dies-856633efb550d51f5c4a08705a330b0d
Renowned Associated Press photojournalist Elise Amendola — a determined, joyous and patient journalist who masterfully photographed pivotal global news and sporting events spanning decades — has died. She was 70.

May 13, 2023

Obituaries

Elise Amendola
Video Journalist Killed by Rocket Fire in Ukraine | PetaPixel

Video Journalist Killed by Rocket Fire in Ukraine
Terrible news.
via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2023/05/10/video-journalist-killed-by-rocket-fire-in-ukraine/
The AFP news agency has announced the death of its Ukraine video coordinator Arman Soldin who was killed by rocket fire in the country on Tuesday.

May 10, 2023

Obituaries

Arman Soldin